Monster Mayhem
Megami went up to the saloon to rent a room. Just like the villagers told her, the owner agreed to give her free room and board for fighting the monsters. She went up to her room to unpack and set up the babies' supplies, knowing very well that this assignment could take awhile.
"Long time no see, Miss Maxwell," a voice behind her said, "Oh, I forgot, you're Mrs. Enduro now. So tell me, where are the others, or are you just out on an assignment by yourself. But I'm surprised to see you without Jet, you two never go anywhere without one another these days. I know you might want to get away from Clive and Gallows once in awhile, but not from the man you love."
She turned around to see Roykman the merchant standing there. He looked quite battered as a result of the tussle with the monsters. The young man's left leg was in a cast, and he couldn't even walk without a pair of crutches, and even with them he had a limp.
"Excuse me sir, I think you have the wrong person. My name is Megami, not Virginia. I don't even know a person named Jet, and my comrades' names were Ryu, Okami, and Raion. All of them are dead, so I'm traveling around the world on my own now," she stated with extreme coldness.
Roykman took a closer look at her scarred body, and the patch over her left eye. Finally, he told her, "I guess I made a mistake. Sorry if I bothered you Miss. But if you need supplies to cross the now not so much of a Wasteland, I'll be more than happy to provide you with my services."
Megami let out a little chuckle at his joke. It was true that you could no longer quite call the places between towns a Wasteland, what with the new growth in plants following Beatrice's defeat. But it wasn't quite a lush green wilderness yet either. So the classification was up in the air.
Quickly the young woman resumed a strait face. "I have plenty of status items at the moment. But if you're selling berries, I'll be more than happy to take you up on your offer."
Indeed, he was. For now that Filgaia was starting to regenerate, healing items were beginning to grow in the wild. Florina had taken some of her seedlings to places that could see the most improvement, and had begun planting more gardens around the world. From that tiny start, they had begun growing in other parts of the world, as seedlings were often carried on the wind towards a new destination. Now, a merchant who was passing could pick and sell these items freely, just like before Filgaia deteriorated into a Wasteland in the first place. Megami therefor brought a good number of each berry and carrot, from all of the bonuses she'd received for working in the Ballack Rise saloon for the past year.
"Thank you miss," Roykman said, "If you ever need some supplies, remember the name of Roykman. I'll be more than happy to sell you some more for your long journey."
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The next day, she began her mission to fight against the monsters in the area. Besides them being much more numerous, there were also types not commonly found in the Laixland area. It looked like they were rogues who escaped from the ABBYS's top ten levels, although she couldn't explain how it'd happened. For the first enemy she ran into was the fire dog like creature known as Baskerville.
"Fools, wishing to die at my hands! Fine, then come and get it!" she exclaimed. Knowing very well what a Baskerville could do, she made sure to equip her Fire Ward Personal Skill.
Suddenly, the voice of Raftina spoke directly into Megami's head. She told Megami, "You have the magic you acquired in Baskar to help you out. Use the power of Schturdark to aid you. The Ice spell Refridgerate is one of his specialties, and that's a Baskerville's weakness."
Megami shrugged. "Whatever you say Raftina. Last thing I need is a know it all Guardian bugging me the whole time. Let's go, Refridgerate." With that, she cast the frigid spell on the Baskerville standing before her. It was instantly destroyed by the attack, and turned into an Ice Gem.
"Piece of cake," she muttered, "Guess that merchant doesn't know how to fight at all. Else there'd be no way even he could lose to something like this. Well, I won't need these gems very much, if I've got this magic. Might as well sell them to him, he could use some help getting from town to town. This is why I hate ammeters, all they create is trouble for us professional Drifters."
* * *
After about an hour of work, she went back to town for a lunch break. There, she sold the many Ice Gems she'd gotten, as Balphons were also weak against Ice. Where her magic wouldn't give her a one shot kill, she relied on her bazooka to fight. Thus, there were little new wounds on her body.
"So, how did it go? Kill anything out there Miss Megami?" inquired Roykman.
Another man asked her, "Did you manage to destroy some unusual enemies, or were they just the usual fare we have. Roykman claims that the beasts broke out of the ABBYS.
She threw her sack of Ice Gems down onto the table. "How much can I get for these Roykman? Got them fighting Baskervilles and Balphons. I've got about fifty gems altogether."
"That'll be five thousand Gella," he informed her, "Quite remarkable, the only other people I found who could acquire so many would have to be Virginia Enduro and her crew."
He paid her the five thousand Gella, and she ate her lunch. After lunch, the young woman headed back out there to kill some more enemies. More Gella was earned from the selling of Ice Gems as well. For multiple enemies, Megami would use her Mystic skill to expend one gem to attack every one in the group. Thus, she slew them at a much faster rate than before.
That night, Megami was having a hard time getting to sleep. It wasn't the room or the chill in the air that bothered her, it was a feeling in her heart. A pain of sadness washed over her, and she saw Ryu's face staring back at her whenever she tried to close her eyes.
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Teefa's Last Words…
It's easier to figure out what's in the ABBYS than Laixland, because there are guides to the ABBYS online. If I wanted to do this directly, I'd have to go through an enemy guide, and then write down everything found at Laixland. You know I'm lazy. That's why the change. That and drama.
